EventsCan You Pass a 1960's Literacy Test?

Can You Pass a 1960's Literacy Test?

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Okeechobee Boulevard Branch

Description

Take an actual Jim Crow-era literacy test from the 1960s that was used to disenfranchise Black and other minority voters. A discussion of the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed such literacy tests, will follow.

Suitable for:
Adults
Type:
Government, Civics & Law
American History
Black History Month
Language:
English

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